from two to 17, with the class of 1910 being the largest.! The class of 1911 numbered only seven, but at that they were only the fourth smallest class ever graduated. The remarkable thing about the 1911 class is the fact that although no two had the same last name, six of the seven were related. "Josephine Orr, Woodbridge Ustick, Lydia Turnbull, John Stewart, Bertha Stormont, and Florence Williamson were all offshoots of the MacMillan clan but not a MacMillan among them!"3 As Cedarville College continued to grow, McKinney recognized the tremendous need for a library. The tiny library in College Hall was woefully inadequate. As the pressure for a new library grew among students and faculty, McKinney finally arranged to go to New York. With the help of Cedarville native Whitelaw Reid, diplomat, vice presidential candidate, and editor of the New York Tribune, McKinney approached philanthropist Andrew Carnegie with Cedarville's need. In December 1901, Carnegie agreed to donate $12,000 for a new library if an equal amount was raised by the college and added to the endowment fund. 4 The building was subsequently erected at the corner of Main and North Streets. Many years earlier that corner had marked the "turning point" on the Cincinnati and Columbus toll road, and the town tavern was a regular stopping point for weary travelers. Charles Dickens stopped there on his way north to Sandusky in 1842, having spent the night before in Lebanon's Golden Lamb Hotel. There probably was not a single book of his in the entire township at the time, and he would not have believed that five generations later a substantial building would stand there, hous– ing among other items, a full set of Dickens. S The new library, completed during the summer of 1908, had a capacity of 17,000 volumes. The village and college libraries were combined and "Carnegie Library" became a community center. 6 As time passed, two faculty members moved into important administrative positions to aid McKinney with his campus responsibilities. These roles were defined in June 1909, when the Board of Trustees added the title of Vice President to McChesney's role as professor, and the title of Registrar to Professor Jurkat's.7 With the able help of McChesney and Jurkat, McKinney performed admirably in the office of president. At the end of his tenure, he could point to many accomplishments. He reminded the Board that during his administration three buildings were added, the endowment quadrupled, and church contributions to the general fund had become a "permanent ... part of the resources of the college." In addition, the reputation of the college had been "firmly established."8 Many small colleges in the United States The men of the College provided a yearly minstrel show. Shown here posing after the 1917 show, the yearbook said this was "one of the best minstrel revues that Cedarville has ever witnessed." 44/Chapter VI